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DOE selects first companies for nuclear launch pad
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have announced their first selections for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad: three companies developing microreactors and one developing fuel supply.
The four companies—Deployable Energy, General Matter, NuCube Energy, and Radiant Industries—were selected from the initial pool of Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program applicants, the two precursor programs to the launch pad.
W. B. Howard, S. M. Grimes, T. N. Massey, S. I. Al-Quraishi, D. K. Jacobs, C. E. Brient, J. C. Yanch
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 138 | Number 2 | June 2001 | Pages 145-160
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE01-A2206
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The thick-target neutron energy spectra of the 9Be(p,n) reaction were measured at several angles for proton-bombarding energies of 3.0, 3.4, 3.7, 4.0, and 5.0 MeV. Time-of-flight techniques were used to determine the neutron energy spectra and to discriminate against background radiation. By using lithium-loaded glass scintillators and low proton pulse rate frequency, the neutron spectra have been determined at energies as low as 70 keV. The detectors were calibrated for efficiency using the neutron spectrum of the Al(d,n) reaction, which was accurately measured using fission chamber detectors.